Shloka 11
Garuḍa’s Breach of the Amṛta-Guard and Boons with Viṣṇu; Encounter with Indra (Ādi-parva, Adhyāya 29)
मात्रा चात्र समादिष्टो निषादान् भक्षयेति ह । न च मे तृप्तिरभवद् भक्षयित्वा सहस्रश:,भोजनके विषयमें पूछनेपर माताने कहा--“निषादोंका भक्षण करो”, परंतु हजारों निषादोंको खा लेनेपर भी मुझे तृप्ति नहीं हुई है
mātrā cātra samādiṣṭo niṣādān bhakṣayeti ha | na ca me tṛptir abhavad bhakṣayitvā sahasraśaḥ ||
येथे भोजनाविषयी विचारल्यावर मातेनं सांगितलं—“निषादांचे भक्षण कर”; पण हजारो निषाद खाऊनही मला तृप्ती झाली नाही.
गरुड उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how desire and hunger, even when legitimized by authority, may remain unsatisfied and can lead to escalating harm; ethical restraint is implied as necessary because mere consumption does not guarantee inner satiation.
Garuda recounts that his mother directed him to eat the Niṣādas, but despite consuming them in great numbers he still felt no satiation, setting up the theme of seeking a more decisive means to resolve his predicament.